Jumblat Is Ready to 'Personally' Go to Arsal, Negotiate for Servicemen

Leader of the Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat surprised on Sunday his followers on twitter by announcing that he is ready to personally negotiate in the kidnapped servicemen's case.

Jumblat tweeted on his official twitter account: “ Stop the nerve war on the families of the kidnapped servicemen.”

"I would personally go to Arsal and negotiate,” he added.

Jumblat said: “America negotiated with Taliban for a prisoner in exchange for prisoners at Guantanamo.”

The 27 kidnapped service men are still in the hands of the jihadists, who stormed Arsal in August and killed 20 soldiers and 16 civilians.

From that day, the families of the kidnapped soldiers and policemen have been protesting almost daily to put some pressure for the release of their children, after difficult negotiations led by a Qatari envoy.

Earlier on Friday, the security forces broke up by force a sit-in by the parents in al-Sayfi, where they blocked the road on the citizens.

Jumblat admonished Interior Minister Nihad Mashnouq on that move.

Z.A.